Ecological and Historical Evidence of Anthropogenic Forest Transformations in Eastern Cape Breton Island

ABSTRACT. Farmers cleared approximately one third of settled forest areas within the boreal-temperate ecotone of eastern Cape Breton Island in the 19th century. Temperate hardwoods were prime settlement areas but land ownership patterns and technological dependence of saw mill-ing on stream waters a...

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Main Authors: O. T. Bouman, N. Vaninetti, G. E. M. Williams, D. B. Mccorquodale, D. B. Mccorquodale Are Assis
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
ecotone
forest structure
settlement his- tory
wood
Breton Island
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.663.889
http://www.cbucommons.ca/science/biology/images/uploads/BoumanetalJSFCB_foresthistory.pdf

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